The official trailer for Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq movie is here. The controversial film is set to hit theaters on December 4th, 2015. From the looks of the trailer, there are guest-starring roles from Sasha Go Hard and Eryn Allen Kane — as well as the other announced and confirmed actors such as Dave Chappelle, Wesley Snipes and Jennifer Hudson.
As you recall, the film is loosely based on Lysistrata, a Greek comedy by Aristophanes. Hit the jump to watch and see for yourself.
Update: Spike Lee speaks on the controversy of the trailer, and offers up new footage. Watch here after watching the trailer below.
CHI-RAQ Trailer from 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks on Vimeo.
this don’t have shit to do with what’s going on in chicago smfh mf just looking in
Yeah, I think you’re right….
That’s not even how anyone dresses here wtf? And that nick cannon dude is in it. Maaaaaaan he’d get robbed of his chain real quick.
It’s not today’s time. Everybody know they don’t dress like that.
“He’d be robbed of his chain real quick”…..smh..they talk like that’s something to be proud of up there….smh
You missed the whole point of the movie smh
Im pretty sure the people making negative Comments are most likely too young to have ever seen a spike lee movie. So they are too blinded by superficial aspects of the movie to receive the message.
WTF??? This Ain’t Shyt About Chicago…Wrong Actors First Of All…They Should’ve Had Some Real Chicagoans We Don’t Know How To Act On What’s Real….Bull To The Shyt!!!
Spike Lee Ass Need To Stick To Crooklyn Makin A Sequel Or Somethin…FrFr
Some artists want to break out of their self imposed mold and try something different.
First of all the movie is designed to give young people a message to stop killing … That’s y niggas have nothin cuz y’all so stuck on a gun .. Use ya brain be somebody stop always being negative and using “not having a father or mother ” as a excuse . Be better .
Just go watch The Interrupters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wS5Hjhy1RhM
(Ameena is a real hero. She also has cancer. There’s a GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/Protector)
This isn’t meant to be realistic. It is more of an allegory. The movie is based on the Greek play, Lysystrata, which was similarly not a true story, but was anchored in historical fact – in the case of the original, 20 years of pointless fighting between Athens and Sparta – in Spike Lee’s case, the endless violence on the streets of Chicago. The storyline is that the Lysistrata, grown sick of pointless deaths, convinces all the women to go on a sex strike until the men promise to stop fighting. It uses humor, exaggeration, and unbelievable situations to offer biting commentary on sexual politics, male/female relationships, and the violent world of politics/business vs. the home. Looks like Spike Lee is doing the exact same thing – using allegorical, instead of realistic, storytelling to get at a truth.
my favorite play I performed in college.. cannot wait to see this
Eloquently put sir/ma’am
What is the real solution to the violence, I asked, what caused it, we know its generational. In a study of lab mice, they were put in overcrowded conditions, lack of food, the results were predictable. The mice began to kill each other,steal food, became territorial,does this sound familiar. The social conditions create the atmosphere that propagate this type of behavior! We live in a material world, people without material goods feel displaced, and inadequate, they find deviantv means to furfil the material need. Poverty breeds crime, the system” adminis-traitors ” knows this, crime feeds the prison industrial complex. When you’re 12% of the population and 65% of the jails we know you’re being programmed to fail in the system. This is not rocket science this is by design, you’re destined to fail, private prisons by law have to be 89% capacity to turn a profit! Are you connecting the dots, wake up and smell reality!
well i know it will be on the internet for free i domnt have to go to the theater and see it
I worked in the area called Chiraq. I think this is going to be an interesting movie.
el. Thanks for explaining this approach to the story Chiraq.
Looks like Spike might have his mojo back.
looks like its going to be great. Visually pleasing along with hidden social context, 21st centenary feminism, relevant moral issues, and a dope ass soundtrack!
this is not my city. he can keep this garbage foreal. this is so fake.